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Joseph
Frederick
Green
POW (Korea)

Born:

, 

Illinois

Home:

Champaign

, 

Illinois

Joseph Green graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1950.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    154th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

    Regiment:

    136th Fighter-Bomber Group

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    January 11, 1952 – September 5, 1953

    First Lieutenant Joseph Frederick Green (AFSN: 0-20803), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 11 January 1952, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 5 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.